The Council on Competitiveness, a Washington-based group with members that include many large companies and universities, has continued to cite increased HPC adoption as a major goal. In a report issued this month, the council urged the federal government to revitalize the Department of Defense's role as a developer of "dual use" breakthrough technologies and help "put the power of high-performance computing into the hands of all American producers, innovators and entrepreneurs."

Cynthia McIntyre, a senior vice president at the council, said the group sees HPC technology as one of the country's strategic assets.